nhl player most shorthanded goals in a game 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, 32 players were tied for the most shorthanded goals in a game, with 2 scored. The first three are Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky 4 times and Neal Broten on December 3, 1988.

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NHL player most shorthanded goals in a regular-season game 1980s
NAMESHGDATETMOPPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI
1Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
2
12/31/1988
PIT PIT
vs
NJD NJD
5
3
8
+2
2
1
3
0
0
0
8
62.5
2Neal Broten
N. Broten
2
12/3/1988
MNS MNS
@
HFD HFD
2
0
2
+2
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
100.0
3Esa Tikkanen
E. Tikkanen
2
11/12/1988
EDM EDM
@
TOR TOR
3
1
4
+4
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
37.5
4Craig MacTavish
C. MacTavish
2
10/23/1988
EDM EDM
@
VAN VAN
2
0
2
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
66.7
5Denis Savard
D. Savard
2
10/12/1988
CHI CHI
vs
WIN WIN
2
3
5
+2
0
0
3
0
0
0
4
50.0
6Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
2
10/11/1988
PIT PIT
vs
WSH WSH
3
2
5
+4
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
60.0
7Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
2
4/2/1988
PIT PIT
@
WSH WSH
4
0
4
+2
0
1
0
0
1
1
11
36.4
8Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
2
3/27/1988
PIT PIT
@
QUE QUE
2
3
5
+2
0
0
2
0
1
0
9
22.2
9Mikko Makela
M. Makela
2
2/23/1988
NYI NYI
vs
VAN VAN
2
1
3
+2
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
40.0
10Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
2
12/12/1987
EDM EDM
@
VAN VAN
2
1
3
+3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
66.7
11Mike Gartner
M. Gartner
2
2/20/1987
WSH WSH
@
VAN VAN
4
2
6
+4
0
0
0
1
1
0
7
57.1
12Don Maloney
D. Maloney
2
1/14/1987
NYR NYR
@
CGY CGY
2
0
2
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
50.0
13Dave Tippett
D. Tippett
2
11/22/1986
HFD HFD
@
NYI NYI
2
1
3
+3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
100.0
14Dirk Graham
D. Graham
2
11/19/1986
MNS MNS
@
STL STL
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
66.7
15Petri Skriko
P. Skriko
2
11/18/1986
VAN VAN
vs
CGY CGY
3
0
3
+2
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
75.0
16Mark Messier
M. Messier
2
3/25/1986
EDM EDM
@
DET DET
2
1
3
+3
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
66.7
17Paul Coffey
P. Coffey
2
2/14/1986
EDM EDM
vs
QUE QUE
2
1
3
+4
2
0
0
0
0
0
8
25.0
18Jari Kurri
J. Kurri
2
12/20/1985
EDM EDM
vs
LAK LAK
4
2
6
+5
0
1
0
1
1
0
8
50.0
19Dave Christian
D. Christian
2
11/12/1985
WSH WSH
vs
EDM EDM
2
0
2
+1
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
28.6
20Stan Smyl
S. Smyl
2
1/25/1985
VAN VAN
vs
WIN WIN
2
1
3
+3
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
50.0
21Rick Paterson
R. Paterson
2
1/16/1985
CHI CHI
vs
WIN WIN
2
0
2
+1
5
0
0
0
1
0
3
66.7
22Brian Propp
B. Propp
2
1/13/1985
PHI PHI
vs
CGY CGY
3
0
3
+2
10
1
0
0
0
0
3
100.0
23Steve Kasper
S. Kasper
2
1/9/1985
BOS BOS
@
TOR TOR
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
50.0
24Bill Derlago
B. Derlago
2
12/14/1984
TOR TOR
@
WIN WIN
3
0
3
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
60.0
25Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
2
12/12/1984
NYI NYI
@
PIT PIT
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
40.0
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